Influenza outbreak results in hospital visitor restrictions

Georgian Bay General Hospital

MIDLAND – Visitors to Georgian Bay General Hospital will need to take extra precautions due to an influenza A outbreak.
The outbreak, which was declared Monday by the hospital and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, is currently limited to the 1 North long-term-care unit.
In an attempt to stop the spread of the virus, visitors will be restricted to one healthy adult per patient. Anyone visiting the affected unit is being asked to visit only one patient per visit. Visitors who have not had a flu shot will be asked to wear a mask.
All visitors must follow proper hand hygiene when they enter the building, as the hospital takes steps to protect patients and staff.
This is the second influenza A outbreak at the Midland hospital in recent months. A Dec. 27 outbreak on the same unit resulted in visitor restrictions that weren’t lifted until Jan. 7.